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1819-1822
came?” And he said, “I got a glance of that glorious place, and
that instant my sight came.”
An extract from an account given by William Muff, of Little
Horton.
On the 26 th of December, 1819, I was at the house of John
Wroe, with many more, and he told us, “As he had been six
days blind, so would the nations be six years (each year being
as a thousand years) blind respecting the glorious time that was
coming on. And that the six days blindness alluded to three
years of plenty, and three years of scarcity”: but he said, “The
first three years from that date would be plenty, but particularly
the third year, for in Bradford, and at all other places, the best
beef would be sold at fourpence per pound; and all other things
would be equally cheap.” *
A letter from William Muff, of Little Horton, Joseph Wroe,
of Bowling, and John Tillotson, of Great Horton, near Bradford,
26 th of December, 1819.
John Wroe has declared at various times to us, as well as
others, in our hearing, that he saw shipping in the sea, and in the
rivers, go without sails, contrary to the wind; and they were as
they flew - and they were as they had wings on each side,
flapping in the water; that he saw carriages in the high roads,
with men, women, and children in them; and they went without
horses; he even saw them pass by his own house, and he saw
them plow and harrow in the fields without horses, and
carriages go on railroads without horses, and they went round
the mountains, and they were as they flew; and he said, as it
was said to him it would surely come to pass in many nations;
and as he had seen it spiritual, so would he temporal.
* The first three years from the time that this prophecy was given, ie., 1820,
1821 and 1822, were years of great plenty, and the third year beef and all
other provisions were sold at the low prices as mentioned, after which came
the three years of scarcity, ie., 1823, 1824 and 1825, which the reader will see
pointed out in a subsequent part of this work. The increased distress which
followed these six years was also foretold, which will be pointed out in its
place.